Researchers suggest lowering the threshold for a type 2 diabetes diagnosis in women under 50 might be more accurate. They say that women are less likely to receive treatment, risk-reduction interventions, and medication such as statins, aspirin, and beta blockers than men. Diabetes affects more than 37 million people in the United States. It may be prudent to lower the […]
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PET scans may serve as both a diagnostic and prognostic tool in giant cell arteritis (GCA), according to a new study. In over 100 patients with GCA who underwent 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET imaging, those with elevated FDG uptake at diagnosis were more likely to develop thoracic aortic aneurysms. “PET-CT has an excellent diagnostic accuracy for the diagnosis of GCA, certainly […]
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A recent study published in Addiction evaluated the associations of cannabis use disorder (CUD) with cardiovascular disease (CVD) outcomes. Study: Cannabis use disorder and adverse cardiovascular outcomes: A population-based retrospective cohort analysis of adults from Alberta, Canada. Image Credit: Ahmet Misirligul/Shutterstock.com Background Cannabis is used by over 200 million individuals worldwide; the adverse effects associated with cannabis have profound implications. […]
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A new study, led by radiation oncology physicists at Miami Cancer Institute, part of Baptist Health South Florida, has displayed positive results using intracranial stereotactic radiosurgery, also known as SRS, for an MR-guided radiotherapy system. The study, “Commissioning Intracranial Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) for an MR-guided Radiotherapy (MRgRT) system: MR-RT Localization and Dosimetric End-to-End Validation,” is published in the International Journal […]
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Tech giant Microsoft announced a long-term partnership with multistate healthcare system Mercy, which will utilize its Azure OpenAI Service to provide generative AI-assisted communication resources to patients and Mercy employees. Microsoft’s generative AI will be used to help patients understand lab results, schedule appointments and get answers to healthcare-related questions. Mercy’s workforce will have access to a chatbot that will […]
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HAMBURG, Germany — Use of A1c levels for the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes in women younger than 50 years may lead to underdiagnosis, owing to the effects of menstrual blood loss on A1c readings, shows the first study of its kind. The analysis estimates that an additional 17% of undiagnosed women younger than 50 years could be reclassified as […]
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Two scientists who pioneered an underlying technology to harness fragile genetic material in a way that ultimately resulted in the mRNA vaccines used to combat the COVID-19 pandemic were named winners of the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday. The honorees are Katalin Karikó, PhD, a 68-year-old Hungarian-born biochemist, and Drew Weissman, MD, PhD, a 64-year-old American immunologist. They worked together […]
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TOPLINE: Women with longer reproductive lifespans and prolonged endogenous hormone exposure may be less likely to develop cerebral small vessel disease, regardless of their history of oral contraceptive use or hormone replacement therapy, a new study suggests. METHODOLOGY: 9163 postmenopausal female participants in the United Kingdom Biobank, average age of 64, and no history of cerebral small vessel disease at […]
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Patients with vitiligo may have a reduced risk for mortality, according to a study published online Sept. 14 in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology. Hyun Jeong Ju, M.D., Ph.D., from the St. Vincent’s Hospital College of Medicine at The Catholic University of Korea in Seoul, and colleagues examined mortality in patients with vitiligo in a population-based cohort study. Patients with […]
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Menopause: Essity reveals some of the 62 common symptoms Dr Katie Hodgson, a registered GP and founder of Health and Hormones, speaking on behalf of leading ethical nutrition and supplement brand DR.VEGAN said, said on average, women will experience 10 different symptoms of menopause. One in five women going through menopause will experience the sensation of insects crawling on or […]
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